Sheriff: Orlando woman pepper-sprayed deputies during Walmart theft arrest

ORLANDO, BOB HAZEN, WESH TWO NEWS. WELL, A WOMAN IS SUING DISNEY, CLAIMING THAT A WATERSLIDE CAUSED A PAINFUL WEDGIE THAT WAS SO BAD THAT IT LEFT HER INJURED. THE LAWSUIT FOCUSES ON TYPHOON LAGOON AND THE 200 FOOT WATERSLIDE CALLED HUMONGOUS COWABUNGA. THE SLIDE DOES NOT USE RAFTS AND RIDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CROSS THEIR LEGS WHILE THAT WOMAN SAYS THAT SHE WENT ON THAT RIDE AND THE FORCE OF IT CAUSED SERIOUS INJURIES TO HER PRIVATE AREAS. LAWSUIT ACCUSES DISNEY OF NEGLIGENCE AND SHE IS NOW SUING FOR MORE THAN $50,000. WE DID REACH OUT TO DISNEY YESTERDAY. WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK BACK YET. A LOCAL NONPROFIT IS WORKING WITH COUNTY LEADERS TO FIGHT THE STATE’S OPIOID CRISIS. VICTORIA’S VOICE FOUNDATION HELD ITS THIRD ANNUAL SAVE OUR KIDS FORUM. THIS COMES NEARLY FOUR MONTHS AFTER VICTORIA’S VOICE LAUNCHED THE FIRST EVER NATIONAL NALOXONE AWARENESS DAY WITH BIPARTISAN CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT. THERE ARE SEVERAL KEYNOTE SPEAKERS, INCLUDING SEMINOLE COUNTY SHERIFF DENNIS LEMMA. WHAT HAPPENS IS THE DRUG DEALER WILL TAKE IT, MIX IT IN WITH THE SUBSTANCE AND SAY, IF YOU WANT TO USE MARIJUANA AND YOU’RE BUYING FROM ME ONCE PER MONTH, WHAT CAN I MIX IN THAT MARIJUANA TELL YOU? IT’S A DIFFERENT GRADE OF MARIJUANA AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW YOU’RE TRYING TO BUY FROM ME. THREE TIMES A DAY, NOT ONCE PER MONTH, DESPITE THERE BEING AN OVERALL INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF OPIOID DEATHS NATIONWIDE, FLORIDA SAW A 2% REDUCTION IN THE LAST YEAR ALONE. THE US RECORDED 110,000 OPIOID RELATED DEATHS, WHILE IN BREVARD COUNTY, THERE ARE NEW DOCUMENTS THAT REVEAL SOME DETAILS IN A PALM BAY MURDER, WHERE THE SUSPECTS ARE NOW BLAMING EACH OTHER. THE BODY OF 30 YEAR OLD NICHOLAS MITCHELL WAS FOUND EARLIER THIS MONTH IN PALM BAY AFTER HE WAS REPORTED MISSING. THE AFFIDAVIT SAYS MITCHELL’S CAR WAS INVOLVED IN A HIGH SPEED CHASE IN ALABAMA. ROBERT LANNING AND RENE RAMOS WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. NOW, IN A PHONE CALL TO POLICE, RAMOS REPORTEDLY SAID THAT SHE ONLY SAW THE VICTIM AT THE GAS STATION, WHILE RAMOS THEN SAID LANNING TOLD HER HE SHOT MITCHELL. THIS IS ALL BASED ON INFO IN THE AFFIDAVIT, BUT LANNING TOLD AUTHORITIES IN ALABAMA IT WAS RAMOS WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER. COMMUNITY LEADERS ARE VERY CONCERNED. THEY’RE STILL CONCERNED ABOUT ALL THE CRIME THAT’S BEEN HAPPENING IN THE COMPOUND. WE NEED TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT AND PROVIDE JUSTICE TO THE VICTIMS FAMILIES. LANNING’S BODY WAS BOND, RATHER, WAS DENIED. HE’S SCHEDULED TO MAKE HIS NEXT COURT APPEARANCE ON OCTOBER 24TH. WE’RE WORKING TO GET SOME MORE DETAILS. AFTER TWO PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED AFTER THE SEARCH FOR A GUNMAN IN PORT ORANGE. INVESTIGATORS IN VOLUSIA COUNTY HAVE NOT RELEASED THE CHARGES YET, BUT TOLD US ONE OF THE SUSPECTS WAS ARRESTED IN LACOSTE VILLAGE AND THE OTHER NEAR GEORGETOWN NEIGHBORHOODS. DAYTONA BEACH POLICE SAY THAT THERE ARE NO OTHER SUSPECTS. A JUDGE IS DENYING UTHA WALLACE’S REQUEST FOR A NEW TRIAL. HIS ATTORNEYS MADE THEIR REQUEST EARLIER THIS WEEK, SAYING BAD INSTRUCTIONS WERE GIVEN TO THE JURY AND THE BODY CAMERA WAS ADMITTED AS EVIDENCE WHEN IT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN EARLIER THIS MONTH, WALLACE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER IN THE DEATH OF DAYTONA BEACH. POLICE OFFICER JASON RAYNOR AND ORLANDO FIREFIGHTER FACES CRIMINAL CHARGES AFTER AN INCIDENT WITH A COWORKER EARLIER THIS MONTH. A 44 YEAR OLD, LATEEF OMARI WILLIAMS, IS FACING BATTERY CHARGES AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON AT ORLANDO STATION NINE. THERE’S A RUNNING JOKE ABOUT CLEANING A CAST IRON PAN WITH SOAP, SINCE THAT CAN MESS IT UP. WHILE FIREFIGHTER CLAIMS THAT WHEN HE SUGGESTED HE WOULD USE SOAP, WILLIAMS, QUOTE, WRAPPED HIS ARMS AROUND HIS BACK AND NECK AND PLACED A KNIFE AGAINST THE VICTIM’S THROAT, LATER SAYING THAT HE WAS ONLY JOKING AND THAT HE WAS USING THE DULL SIDE OF THE BLADE. AN ORLANDO POLICE INVESTIGATOR WROTE THAT IT APPEARED TO BE A JOKE THAT WENT TOO FAR. WILLIAMS IS OUT ON BOND AND ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. ONLY ONE SUNRISE MULTIPLE PEOPLE GOT HURT. AND A MAJOR CRASH IN POLK COUNTY THAT INVOLVED 16 CARS AND A TRACTOR TRAILER. THIS HAPPENED AROUND 630 LAST NIGHT IN LAKE WALES. HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED. POLICE SAY A DRIVER OF A CHRYSLER CUT IN FRONT OF A TRACTOR TRAILER CAUSING THAT TRACTOR TRAILER TO LOSE CONTROL. IT THEN HIT THE CHRYSLER CROSS THE MEDIAN AND HIT SEVERAL OTHER CARS THAT WERE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT IN THE OTHER DIRECTION. POLICE SAY MULTIPLE PEOPLE GOT HURT AND THREE OF THEM HAD TO GET FLOWN TO THE HOSPITAL. AND AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE’S INJURIES MAY BE LIFE THREATENING. AND ORMOND BEACH BEVERAGE DISTRIBUTOR IS CHALLENGING THE AIR QUALITY PERMIT ISSUED TO BELVEDERE TERMINALS. IT’S THE COMPANY PLANNING TO BUILD A FUEL TERMINAL IN ORMOND BEACH. THE DISTRIBUTOR, SR PERU, FILED A PETITION WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CHALLENGING THE AIR QUALITY PERMIT THAT WAS ISSUED IN THE PETITION. THEY ARGUE BELVEDERE FAILED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE PUBLIC NOTICE. THE PETITION ALSO CITES ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS AND CITIZENS CONCERNS. THE CITY OF ORMOND BEACH POSTED ON FACEBOOK THAT THEY ARE SUPPORTING SR PERU WITH THIS PETITION. IT’S 638. AND LATER THIS MORNING, ORLANDO LEADERS WILL GATHER TO ANNOUNCE A NEW JOB TRAINING PROGRAM. WESH 2’S TONY ATKINS IS LIVE AT VALENCIA COLLEGE AND TONY LEADERS ARE HOPEFUL THAT THIS CAN HELP CONNECT MORE PEOPLE WITH SKILLED JOBS. YEAH, SHELDON AND NOT JUST JOBS. REALLY GOOD HIGH PAYING JOBS THAT THEY WANT TO CONNECT PEOPLE WITH SO THEY CAN SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH TRADE. NOW, MAYOR BUDDY DYER AND COMMISSIONER REGINA HILL, THEY WILL BE HERE LATER TODAY FOR THE RIBBON CUTTING AT VALENCIA SCHOOL, FOR VALENCIA COLLEGE’S SCHOOL FOR ACCELERATED TRAINING. NOW, THIS MOVE IS JUST ANOTHER WAY THEY’RE WORKING TO HELP PEOPLE GET CONNECTED WITH SUSTAINABLE JOBS. EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE COLLEGE TEAMED UP WITH BRIGHT LINE TO GET GRADUATES HIRED WITHIN ITS MAINTENANCE FACILITY OVER AT ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. AND NOW THE COLLEGE HAS YET TO SPECIFY WHAT EXACTLY THE THREE PROGRAMS WILL BE. BUT THERE WILL BE A RIBBON CUTTING FOR THOSE PROGRAMS STARTING AT 11:00 THIS MORNING. SO WE EXPECT TO LEARN A LOT MORE SOON. FOR NOW, REPORTING LIVE IN ORLANDO, TONY ATKINS, TWO NEWS. ALL RIGHT. IT’S BEEN A YEAR SINCE HURRICANE IAN HIT OUR AREA AND ORANGE COUNTY’S GOVERNMENT IS SET TO NOW RECEIVE ALMOST $220 MILLION. NOW, THE MONEY FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT IS DESIGNED TO HELP COMMUNITIES RECOVER. ORANGE COUNTY MAYOR JERRY DEMINGS SAYS BEFORE THE FUNDS CAN BE ALLOCATED, THOUGH, THE COUNTY IS HOLDING SEVERAL MEETINGS AND GOING INTO COMMUNITIES TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE PRESSING NEEDS ARE MOST.

ABOVE: A look at today’s top headlinesAn Orlando woman is accused of pepper-spraying deputies during a theft arrest.According to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office, the incident began when a deputy witnessed a theft in progress at a Walmart in Brooksville on Wednesday.When confronted by the deputy, officials say one of the suspects, later identified as Keyisha Henderson, reached into her purse and discharged a can of pepper spray toward the deputy.A second deputy chased after Henderson and though she pepper-sprayed him as well, he was able to deploy his Taser and bring her into custody.Deputies say Henderson has been convicted of 39 felony offenses, has been incarcerated five times and has an active warrant out of St. Lucie County.Henderson was arrested on charges of fraudulent use of a credit card, two counts of petit theft, carrying a concealed firearm, two counts of battery on a law enforcement officer, and two counts of resisting an officer with violence.

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An Orlando woman is accused of pepper-spraying deputies during a theft arrest.

According to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office, the incident began when a deputy witnessed a theft in progress at a Walmart in Brooksville on Wednesday.

When confronted by the deputy, officials say one of the suspects, later identified as Keyisha Henderson, reached into her purse and discharged a can of pepper spray toward the deputy.

A second deputy chased after Henderson and though she pepper-sprayed him as well, he was able to deploy his Taser and bring her into custody.

Deputies say Henderson has been convicted of 39 felony offenses, has been incarcerated five times and has an active warrant out of St. Lucie County.

Henderson was arrested on charges of fraudulent use of a credit card, two counts of petit theft, carrying a concealed firearm, two counts of battery on a law enforcement officer, and two counts of resisting an officer with violence.